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Auction Name Science Books from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. Part I Total Sales (GBP) 67,880.80
Auction Date September 15, 2020 - September 15, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 52,390.00
Sale Number #91520 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 79,380.00
Total Lots 208
Sold Lots 135 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 71,850.00
% of Lots Sold 64.90% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 109,580.00
Unsold Lots 73 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 61.95%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
879 HERO OF ALEXANDRIA or Alexandrinus HERON (c. 10 AD - c. 70 AD).

De gli Automati, overo Machine se Moventi, Libri due, Tradotti dal Greco da Bernardino Baldi.

1589 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 3,782.00
935 PAPIN, Denis (1647-1713).

Nouvelle Maniere pour Lever l' Eau par la Force du Feu.

1707 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 2,440.00
805 AMPERE, André-Marie (1775-1836).

[In: Mémoires de l' Académie des Sciences de l' Institut de France.

1827 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 2,074.00
888 JOHANNES DE SACRO BOSCO (c.1195-c.1256).

Sphaera mundi, edited by Pedro Ciruelo (1470-[?]1554).

1526 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,074.00
861 FOUCAULT, Jean Bernard Léon (1819-68).

[In: Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l' Académie des Sciences ... Tome Trente-Deuxième. Janvier - Juin 1851]. Demonstration physique du mouvement de rotation de la terre au moyen du pendule; par M. L. Foucault. (Commissaires, MM. Arago, Poui

 1851 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 1,952.00
1008 [WORCESTER, Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of (1601-67)].

A Century of the Names and Scantlings of Such Inventions, As at present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected, which (my former Notes being lost) I have, at the instance of a powerful Friend, endeavoured now in the Year 1655 to set these down in

 1663 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,952.00
857

FIRST SOLVAY CONFERENCE - La Théorie du Rayonnement et les Quanta. Rapports et Discussions de la Réunion tenue à Bruxelles, du 30 Octobre au 3 Novembre 1911 sous les Auspices de M. E. Solvay.

1912 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,708.00
892 KRAUSS, Friedrichs von (1724-89).

Selbstschreibende Wundermaschinen, auc mer andere Kunst- und Meisterstüche.

1780 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,586.00
802

Acta Eruditorum. Anno M DC LXXXVIII [-M DC LXXXXI], edited by Otto Mencke.

1688-91. GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,525.00
1007 WILLUGHBY, Francis (1635-72).

Ornithologiae libri tres ... Totum opus recognovit, digessit, supplevit Joannes Raius.

1676 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 1,525.00
961 ROSEL VON ROSENHOF, August Johann (1705-59).

Der Monatlich-Herausgegebenen Insecten-Belustigung.

1746-61. GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,464.00
860 FOUCAULT, Jean Bernard Léon (1819-68).

[In: Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l' Académie des Sciences ... Tome Trentième. Janvier - Juin 1850]. Méthode générale pour mesurer la vitesse de la lumière dans l' air et les milieux transparents. Vitesses relatives de la lumière dans l'

1850 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,281.00
884 INGENHOUSZ, Jan or John INGEN-HOUSZ (1730-99).

Experiments upon Vegetables, Discovering Their great Power of purifying the Common Air in the Sun-shine, and of Injuring it in the Shade and at Night.

1779 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,220.00
1001 VITRUVIUS POLLIO, Marcus (c.80-70 - c.15 BCE).

De architectura libri decem, edited by Daniele Barbaro.

1567 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,159.00
877 HAUY, René Just (1743-1822).

Tableau Comparatif des Résultats de la Cristallographie et de l' Analyse Chimique, Relativement a la Classification des Mineraux.

1809 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 1,098.00
993 TORRICELLI, Evangelista (1608-47).

Lezioni Accademiche ... Lettore delle Mattematiche nello Studio di Firenze e Accademico della Crusca, edited by Tommaso Bonaventuri.

1715 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,037.00
834 CAVENDISH, Henry (1731-1810).

[In: Philosophical Transactions, of the Royal Society of London. Vol. LXXIV. For the Year 1784. Part I.]. XIII. Experiments on Air ... Read Jan. 15, 1784 (pages 119-153).

1784 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 976.00
899 LEDERMULLER, Martin Froben (1719-69).

Mikroskopische Gemüths- und Augen-Ergötzung.

1763 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 976.00
998 VAN DER HORST, Tileman (fl. 1725-49) [Part II by Jacob POLLEY].

Theatrum Machinarum Universale; of Keurige Verzameling van verscheide grote en zeer fraaie Waterwerken, Schustsluizen, Waterkeringen, Ophaalen Draaibruggen.

1757 [ 1737]. GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 976.00
851 DOPPLER, Christian (1803-53).

Beiträge zur Fixsternenkunde.

1846 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 915.00
842 COTES, Roger (1682-1716).

Harmonia mensuram, sive analysis & synthesis per rationum & angulorum mensuras, edited by Robert Smith.

1722 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 878.40
949 PRIESTLEY, Joseph (1733-1804).

[In: Philosophical Transactions, Giving Some Account of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours, of the Ingenuious in Many Considerable Parts of the World.

1772 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 878.40
801

ACCADEMIA DEL CIMENTO - Saggi di Naturali Esperienze fatte nell' Accademia del Cimento.

1666 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 829.60
979 STURM, Johann Christoph (1635-1703).

Collegium experimentale, sive curiosum in quo primaria seculi inventa & experimenta physico-mathematica, Speciatum Campanae urinatoria, camerae obscurae, tubi Torricelliani, seu baroscopii, antliae pneumaticae, thermometrorum, hygroscopiorum, telescopior

 1676 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 829.60
959 RONALDS, Francis (1788-1873).

Descriptions of an Electrical Telegraph, and of Some Other Electrical Apparatus.

1823 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 793.00
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
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    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
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